Sura 35: Fãter (Initiator) - Quran Inspector

In the name of GOD, Most Gracious, Most Merciful.

بِسْمِbis'miIn (the) nameٱللَّهِl-lahi(of) God,ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنِl-raḥmāniMost Gracious,ٱلرَّحِيمِl-raḥīmiMost Merciful.

[35:1] Praise be to GOD, Initiator of the heavens and the earth, and appointer of the angels to be messengers with wings - two, three, and four (wings). He increases the creation as He wills. GOD is Omnipotent.

ٱلْحَمْدُal-ḥamduAll praise beلِلَّهِlillahito God,فَاطِرِfāṭiriOriginator / Initiator (of)ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِl-samāwātithe heavensوَٱلْأَرْضِwal-arḍiand the earth,جَاعِلِjāʿiliappointer (of)ٱلْمَلَـٰٓئِكَةِl-malāikatithe angelsرُسُلًاrusulan(as) messengersأُو۟لِىٓulīpossessors ofأَجْنِحَةٍajniḥatinwingsمَّثْنَىٰmathnātwoوَثُلَـٰثَwathulāthaor threeوَرُبَـٰعَwarubāʿaor four.يَزِيدُyazīduHe increasesفِىfīinٱلْخَلْقِl-khalqithe creationمَاmāwhatيَشَآءُyashāuHe wills.إِنَّinnaIndeed,ٱللَّهَl-lahaGod (is)عَلَىٰʿalāoverكُلِّkullieveryشَىْءٍshayinthingقَدِيرٌqadīrunOmnipotent. ﴿١﴾

[35:2] When GOD showers the people with mercy, no force can stop it. And if He withholds it, no force, other than He, can send it. He is the Almighty, Most Wise.

مَّاmāWhatيَفْتَحِyaftaḥi[He] grants / opensٱللَّهُl-lahuGodلِلنَّاسِlilnnāsifor the peopleمِنminfromرَّحْمَةٍraḥmatinmercy,فَلَاfalāthen noمُمْسِكَmum'sikaone who (can) withholdلَهَاlahā[of] it.وَمَاwamāAnd whatيُمْسِكْyum'sikHe withholds,فَلَاfalāthen noمُرْسِلَmur'silaone who (can) sendsلَهُۥlahu[of] itمِنۢminfromبَعْدِهِۦbaʿdihithereafter.وَهُوَwahuwaAnd He (is)ٱلْعَزِيزُl-ʿazīzuthe Almighty,ٱلْحَكِيمُl-ḥakīmuMost Wise. ﴿٢﴾

[35:3] O people, remember GOD's blessings upon you. Is there any creator other than GOD who provides for you from the heaven and the earth? There is no other god beside Him. How could you deviate?

يَـٰٓأَيُّهَاyāayyuhāOٱلنَّاسُl-nāsu[the] people!ٱذْكُرُوا۟udh'kurūRemember [you all]نِعْمَتَniʿ'mata(the) favors / blessingsٱللَّهِl-lahi(of) Godعَلَيْكُمْʿalaykumupon you [all].هَلْhalIsمِنْmin(there) anyخَـٰلِقٍkhāliqincreatorغَيْرُghayruother thanٱللَّهِl-lahiGodيَرْزُقُكُمyarzuqukum[He] (who) provides for you [all]مِّنَminafromٱلسَّمَآءِl-samāithe heavenوَٱلْأَرْضِwal-arḍiand the earth?لَآlā(There is) noإِلَـٰهَilāhagodإِلَّاillābutهُوَhuwaHe.فَأَنَّىٰfa-annāThen, how (can)تُؤْفَكُونَtu'fakūnayou [all] turn away / deviate? ﴿٣﴾

[35:4] If they disbelieve you, messengers before you have been disbelieved. GOD is in control of all things.

وَإِنwa-inAnd ifيُكَذِّبُوكَyukadhibūkathey deny / disbelieve you,فَقَدْfaqadthen certainlyكُذِّبَتْkudhibat[it] were denied / disbelievedرُسُلٌrusulunmessengersمِّنminfromقَبْلِكَqablikabefore you.وَإِلَىwa-ilāAnd toٱللَّهِl-lahiGodتُرْجَعُtur'jaʿu[it] returnsٱلْأُمُورُl-umūruall matters. ﴿٤﴾

[35:5] O people, GOD's promise is the truth; therefore, do not be distracted by this lowly life. Do not be diverted from GOD by mere illusions.

يَـٰٓأَيُّهَاyāayyuhāOٱلنَّاسُl-nāsu[the] people!إِنَّinnaIndeed,وَعْدَwaʿda(the) promise (of)ٱللَّهِl-lahiGod (is)حَقٌّḥaqquntrue.فَلَاfalāSo (let) notتَغُرَّنَّكُمُtaghurrannakumu[it] deceive you [all]ٱلْحَيَوٰةُl-ḥayatuthe life (of)ٱلدُّنْيَاl-dun'yāthe world,وَلَاwalāand (let) notيَغُرَّنَّكُمyaghurrannakum[it] deceive you [all]بِٱللَّهِbil-lahiabout Godٱلْغَرُورُl-gharūruthe illusion. ﴿٥﴾

[35:6] The devil is your enemy, so treat him as an enemy. He only invites his party to be the dwellers of Hell.

إِنَّinnaIndeed,ٱلشَّيْطَـٰنَl-shayṭānathe devil (is)لَكُمْlakumto you [all]عَدُوٌّʿaduwwunan enemy,فَٱتَّخِذُوهُfa-ittakhidhūhuso take him [you all]عَدُوًّاʿaduwwan(as) an enemy.إِنَّمَاinnamāOnlyيَدْعُوا۟yadʿūhe invitesحِزْبَهُۥḥiz'bahuhis partyلِيَكُونُوا۟liyakūnūthat they may beمِنْminamongأَصْحَـٰبِaṣḥābi(the) companions / dwellers (of)ٱلسَّعِيرِl-saʿīrithe Blaze / Hell. ﴿٦﴾

[35:7] Those who disbelieve have incurred a severe retribution, and those who believe and lead a righteous life have deserved forgiveness and a great recompense.

ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnaThose whoكَفَرُوا۟kafarū[they] disbelieved,لَهُمْlahumfor themعَذَابٌʿadhābun(will be) a retributionشَدِيدٌshadīdunsevere,وَٱلَّذِينَwa-alladhīnaand those whoءَامَنُوا۟āmanūthey believedوَعَمِلُوا۟waʿamilūand [they] didٱلصَّـٰلِحَـٰتِl-ṣāliḥāti[the] righteous deeds,لَهُمlahumfor themمَّغْفِرَةٌmaghfiratunforgivenessوَأَجْرٌwa-ajrunand a reward / recompenseكَبِيرٌkabīrungreat. ﴿٧﴾

[35:8] Note the one whose evil work is adorned in his eyes, until he thinks that it is righteous. GOD thus sends astray whoever wills (to go astray), and He guides whoever wills (to be guided). Therefore, do not grieve over them. GOD is fully aware of everything they do.

أَفَمَنafamanThen is he whoزُيِّنَzuyyinait was adornedلَهُۥlahufor himسُوٓءُsūu(the) evil (of)عَمَلِهِۦʿamalihihis deedفَرَءَاهُfaraāhuso that he saw itحَسَنًاḥasanan(as) righteous?فَإِنَّfa-innaFor indeed,ٱللَّهَl-lahaGodيُضِلُّyuḍillu[He] sends astrayمَنmanwhomيَشَآءُyashāuHe willsوَيَهْدِىwayahdīand He guidesمَنmanwhomيَشَآءُyashāuHe wills.فَلَاfalāSo (let) notتَذْهَبْtadhhabyou take away / goنَفْسُكَnafsukayourself (*ruin yourself)عَلَيْهِمْʿalayhimover themحَسَرَٰتٍḥasarātin(in) grief.إِنَّinnaIndeed,ٱللَّهَl-lahaGod (is)عَلِيمٌۢʿalīmunfully awareبِمَاbimāof whatيَصْنَعُونَyaṣnaʿūnathey do. ﴿٨﴾

[35:9] GOD is the One who sends the winds to stir up clouds, then we drive them towards barren lands, and revive such lands after they were dead. Thus is the resurrection.

وَٱللَّهُwal-lahuAnd God (is)ٱلَّذِىٓalladhīthe One whoأَرْسَلَarsala[He] sentٱلرِّيَـٰحَl-riyāḥathe windsفَتُثِيرُfatuthīruthen [it] raises / stirs upسَحَابًاsaḥāban(the) clouds,فَسُقْنَـٰهُfasuq'nāhuthen we drive themإِلَىٰilātoبَلَدٍbaladina landمَّيِّتٍmayyitindeadفَأَحْيَيْنَاfa-aḥyaynāthen we revivedبِهِbihithereinٱلْأَرْضَl-arḍathe earthبَعْدَbaʿdaafterمَوْتِهَاmawtihāits death.كَذَٰلِكَkadhālikaThus (will be)ٱلنُّشُورُl-nushūruthe resurrection. ﴿٩﴾

[35:10] Anyone seeking dignity should know that to GOD belongs all dignity. To Him ascends the good words, and He exalts the righteous works. As for those who scheme evil works, they incur severe retribution; the scheming of such people is destined to fail.

مَنmanWhoeverكَانَkānahe used toيُرِيدُyurīdu[he] desire / seekٱلْعِزَّةَl-ʿizatathe dignity,فَلِلَّهِfalillahithen for God (is)ٱلْعِزَّةُl-ʿizatuthe dignityجَمِيعًاjamīʿanall.إِلَيْهِilayhiTo Himيَصْعَدُyaṣʿadu[it] ascendsٱلْكَلِمُl-kalimuthe wordsٱلطَّيِّبُl-ṭayibu[the] good,وَٱلْعَمَلُwal-ʿamaluand the deed / work(s)ٱلصَّـٰلِحُl-ṣāliḥu[the] righteousيَرْفَعُهُۥyarfaʿuhuHe raises / exalts it.وَٱلَّذِينَwa-alladhīnaBut those whoيَمْكُرُونَyamkurūna[they] plot / schemeٱلسَّيِّـَٔاتِl-sayiātithe evil [deeds],لَهُمْlahumfor them (is)عَذَابٌʿadhābuna retributionشَدِيدٌshadīdunsevere,وَمَكْرُwamakruand (the) schemingأُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَulāika(of) thoseهُوَhuwaitيَبُورُyabūru[it] perishes. ﴿١٠﴾

[35:11] GOD created you from dust, then from a tiny drop, then He causes you to reproduce through your spouses. No female becomes pregnant, nor gives birth, without His knowledge. No one survives for a long life, and no one's life is snapped short, except in accordance with a pre-existing record. This is easy for GOD.

وَٱللَّهُwal-lahuAnd Godخَلَقَكُمkhalaqakum[He] created you [all]مِّنminfromتُرَابٍturābindust,ثُمَّthummathenمِنminfromنُّطْفَةٍnuṭ'fatina semen-drop / tiny drop;ثُمَّthummathenجَعَلَكُمْjaʿalakumHe made you [all]أَزْوَٰجًاazwājanpairs.وَمَاwamāAnd notتَحْمِلُtaḥmilushe conceivesمِنْminanyأُنثَىٰunthāfemaleوَلَاwalāand notتَضَعُtaḍaʿushe gives birthإِلَّاillāexceptبِعِلْمِهِۦbiʿil'mihiwith His knowledge.وَمَاwamāAnd notيُعَمَّرُyuʿammaruhe is granted long life / survivesمِنminanyمُّعَمَّرٍmuʿammarinone who is aged / had a long lifeوَلَاwalāand notيُنقَصُyunqaṣuit is lessenedمِنْminfromعُمُرِهِۦٓʿumurihihis lifeإِلَّاillābutفِىfī(is) inكِتَـٰبٍkitābina record.إِنَّinnaIndeed,ذَٰلِكَdhālikathatعَلَىʿalāforٱللَّهِl-lahiGod (is)يَسِيرٌyasīruneasy. ﴿١١﴾

[35:12] The two seas are not the same; one is fresh and delicious, while the other is salty and undrinkable. From each of them you eat tender meat, and extract jewelry to wear. And you see the ships sailing through them, seeking His provisions, that you may be appreciative.

وَمَاwamāAnd notيَسْتَوِىyastawī[it] are equal / alike / sameٱلْبَحْرَانِl-baḥrānithe two seas.هَـٰذَاhādhāThis (is)عَذْبٌʿadhbunfresh / palatable,فُرَاتٌfurātunsweet and thirst quenching / delicious,سَآئِغٌsāighundeliciousشَرَابُهُۥsharābuhuits drink,وَهَـٰذَاwahādhāand thisمِلْحٌmil'ḥunsaltyأُجَاجٌujājunsalty / bitter / undrinkable.وَمِنwaminAnd fromكُلٍّkullineachتَأْكُلُونَtakulūnayou [all] eatلَحْمًاlaḥmanmeatطَرِيًّاṭariyyanfreshوَتَسْتَخْرِجُونَwatastakhrijūnaand you [all] seek to produce / bring out / extractحِلْيَةًḥil'yatanornaments / jewelryتَلْبَسُونَهَاtalbasūnahāyou [all] wear them,وَتَرَىwatarāand you seeٱلْفُلْكَl-ful'kathe shipsفِيهِfīhiin it,مَوَاخِرَmawākhiracleaving / sailing,لِتَبْتَغُوا۟litabtaghūso that you [all] may seekمِنminofفَضْلِهِۦfaḍlihiHis bounty / provisions,وَلَعَلَّكُمْwalaʿallakumand that you [all] mayتَشْكُرُونَtashkurūna[you all] be appreciative. ﴿١٢﴾

*35:12-13 When we send our astronauts into space, we provide them with their minimum needs of food, water, and oxygen. When we sided with Satan's blasphemy billions of years ago (Appendix 7), God launched us into space aboard the spaceship Earth. But God has supplied our spaceship with awesome renewable systems that provide a great variety of fresh foods, water, oxygen, and even the reproduction of us astronauts.

[35:13] He merges the night into the day, and merges the day into the night. He has committed the sun and the moon to run for a predetermined period of time. Such is GOD your Lord; to Him belongs all kingship. Any idols you set up beside Him do not possess as much as a seed's shell.

يُولِجُyūlijuHe mergesٱلَّيْلَal-laylathe nightفِىfīintoٱلنَّهَارِl-nahārithe dayوَيُولِجُwayūlijuand He mergesٱلنَّهَارَl-nahārathe dayفِىfīintoٱلَّيْلِal-laylithe night,وَسَخَّرَwasakharaand He subjected / committed to serveٱلشَّمْسَl-shamsathe sunوَٱلْقَمَرَwal-qamaraand the moonكُلٌّkulluneachيَجْرِىyajrīit runningلِأَجَلٍli-ajalinfor a term / periodمُّسَمًّىmusammanpredetermined.ذَٰلِكُمُdhālikumuThat [you all] (is)ٱللَّهُl-lahuGod,رَبُّكُمْrabbukumyour Lord,لَهُlahufor Him (is)ٱلْمُلْكُl-mul'kuthe dominion / kingship.وَٱلَّذِينَwa-alladhīnaAnd those whomتَدْعُونَtadʿūnayou [all] invoke / call uponمِنminfromدُونِهِۦdūnihibesides Him,مَاmānotيَمْلِكُونَyamlikūnathey possessمِنmineven (as much as) قِطْمِيرٍqiṭ'mīrina seed's shell. ﴿١٣﴾

[35:14] If you call on them, they cannot hear you. Even if they hear you, they cannot respond to you. On the Day of Resurrection, they will disown you. None can inform you like the Most Cognizant.

إِنinIfتَدْعُوهُمْtadʿūhumyou [all] call on themلَاlānotيَسْمَعُوا۟yasmaʿūthey hearدُعَآءَكُمْduʿāakumyour calls;وَلَوْwalawand ifسَمِعُوا۟samiʿūthey heard,مَاmānotٱسْتَجَابُوا۟is'tajābūthey respondedلَكُمْlakumto you [all].وَيَوْمَwayawmaAnd (on the) Day (of)ٱلْقِيَـٰمَةِl-qiyāmatithe Resurrectionيَكْفُرُونَyakfurūnathey will denyبِشِرْكِكُمْbishir'kikumin your association.وَلَاwalāAnd noneيُنَبِّئُكَyunabbi-uka[he] can inform youمِثْلُmith'lulikeخَبِيرٍkhabīrin(the) Cognizant. ﴿١٤﴾

*35:14 People idolize Jesus, Mary, Muhammad, Ali, and/or the saints; such idols are dead, unaware, and utterly powerless. Even when they were alive, they were powerless.

[35:15] O people, you are the ones who need GOD, while GOD is in no need for anyone, the Most Praiseworthy.

يَـٰٓأَيُّهَاyāayyuhāOٱلنَّاسُl-nāsu[the] people!أَنتُمُantumuYou [all] (are)ٱلْفُقَرَآءُl-fuqarāuthe needyإِلَىilātoٱللَّهِl-lahiGod,وَٱللَّهُwal-lahuwhile God,هُوَhuwaHe (is)ٱلْغَنِىُّl-ghaniyu[the] Free of need,ٱلْحَمِيدُl-ḥamīduMost Praiseworthy. ﴿١٥﴾

[35:16] If He wills, He can get rid of you and substitute a new creation.

إِنinIfيَشَأْyashaHe wills,يُذْهِبْكُمْyudh'hib'kumHe can do away with you [all]وَيَأْتِwayatiand He will bringبِخَلْقٍbikhalqinin a creationجَدِيدٍjadīdinnew. ﴿١٦﴾

[35:17] This is not too difficult for GOD.

وَمَاwamāAnd notذَٰلِكَdhālikathatعَلَىʿalā(is) forٱللَّهِl-lahiGodبِعَزِيزٍbiʿazīzinever difficult. ﴿١٧﴾

[35:18] No soul can carry the sins of another soul. If a soul that is loaded with sins implores another to bear part of its load, no other soul can carry any part of it, even if they were related. The only people to heed your warnings are those who reverence their Lord, even when alone in their privacy, and observe the Contact Prayers (Salat). Whoever purifies his soul, does so for his own good. To GOD is the final destiny.

وَلَاwalāAnd notتَزِرُtaziruit will bearوَازِرَةٌwāziratunbearer of burdensوِزْرَwiz'raburden (of)أُخْرَىٰukh'rāanother.وَإِنwa-inAnd ifتَدْعُtadʿuit imploresمُثْقَلَةٌmuth'qalatunone who is heavily laden / loadedإِلَىٰilātoحِمْلِهَاḥim'lihā(carry) its load,لَاlānotيُحْمَلْyuḥ'malhe will carryمِنْهُmin'huof itشَىْءٌshayonanythingوَلَوْwalaweven ifكَانَkānahe wasذَاdhāofقُرْبَىٰٓqur'bānear of kin.إِنَّمَاinnamāOnlyتُنذِرُtundhiruyou (can) warnٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose whoيَخْشَوْنَyakhshawna[they] reverenceرَبَّهُمrabbahumtheir Lordبِٱلْغَيْبِbil-ghaybi[in the] unseen / privateوَأَقَامُوا۟wa-aqāmūand they observedٱلصَّلَوٰةَl-ṣalatathe Contact Prayer (Salat).وَمَنwamanAnd whoeverتَزَكَّىٰtazakkāhe purified himself / his soul,فَإِنَّمَاfa-innamāthen onlyيَتَزَكَّىٰyatazakkāhe purifies himself / his soulلِنَفْسِهِۦlinafsihifor his own self / soul.وَإِلَىwa-ilāAnd toٱللَّهِl-lahiGod (is)ٱلْمَصِيرُl-maṣīruthe destination / destiny. ﴿١٨﴾

[35:19] The blind and the seer are not equal.

وَمَاwamāAnd notيَسْتَوِىyastawīit is equalٱلْأَعْمَىٰl-aʿmāthe blindوَٱلْبَصِيرُwal-baṣīruand the seer, ﴿١٩﴾

[35:20] Nor are the darkness and the light.

وَلَاwalāAnd notٱلظُّلُمَـٰتُl-ẓulumātuthe darknessوَلَاwalāand notٱلنُّورُl-nūru[the] light, ﴿٢٠﴾

[35:21] Nor are the coolness of the shade and the heat of the sun.

وَلَاwalāAnd notٱلظِّلُّl-ẓiluthe shadeوَلَاwalāand notٱلْحَرُورُl-ḥarūruthe heat, ﴿٢١﴾

[35:22] Nor are the living and the dead; GOD causes whomever He wills to hear. You cannot make hearers out of those in the graves.

وَمَاwamāAnd notيَسْتَوِىyastawīit is equalٱلْأَحْيَآءُl-aḥyāuthe livingوَلَاwalāand notٱلْأَمْوَٰتُl-amwātuthe dead.إِنَّinnaIndeed,ٱللَّهَl-lahaGodيُسْمِعُyus'miʿu[He] causes to hearمَنmanwhomيَشَآءُyashāuHe wills,وَمَآwamāand notأَنتَantayou (will)بِمُسْمِعٍbimus'miʿinever make one hearمَّنmanwho (is)فِىfīinٱلْقُبُورِl-qubūrithe graves. ﴿٢٢﴾

[35:23] You are no more than a warner.

إِنْinNotأَنتَantayou (are)إِلَّاillābutنَذِيرٌnadhīruna warner. ﴿٢٣﴾

[35:24] We have sent you* with the truth, a bearer of good news, as well as a warner. Every community must receive a warner.

إِنَّآinnāIndeed, weأَرْسَلْنَـٰكَarsalnāka[we] sent youبِٱلْحَقِّbil-ḥaqiwith the truth,بَشِيرًاbashīran(as) a bearer of good newsوَنَذِيرًاwanadhīranand (as) a warner.وَإِنwa-inAnd notمِّنْmin(was) anyأُمَّةٍummatincommunityإِلَّاillāexceptخَلَاkhalā[it] passedفِيهَاfīhāwithin itنَذِيرٌnadhīruna warner. ﴿٢٤﴾

*35:24 The gematrical value of "Rashad Khalifa" (1230), plus the verse number (24) give us a total that is a multiple of 19 (1230+24=1254=19x66).

[35:25] If they disbelieve you, those before them have also disbelieved. Their messengers went to them with clear proofs, and the Psalms, and the enlightening scriptures.

وَإِنwa-inAnd ifيُكَذِّبُوكَyukadhibūkathey deny / disbelieve you,فَقَدْfaqadthen alreadyكَذَّبَkadhabahe denied / disbelievedٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathoseمِنminfromقَبْلِهِمْqablihimbefore them.جَآءَتْهُمْjāathum[It] came to themرُسُلُهُمrusuluhumtheir messengersبِٱلْبَيِّنَـٰتِbil-bayinātiwith the clear proofsوَبِٱلزُّبُرِwabil-zuburiand with the Psalmsوَبِٱلْكِتَـٰبِwabil-kitābiand with the scriptureٱلْمُنِيرِl-munīri[the] enlightening. ﴿٢٥﴾

[35:26] Subsequently, I punished those who disbelieved; how terrible was My retribution!

ثُمَّthummaThenأَخَذْتُakhadhtuI seized / punishedٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose whoكَفَرُوا۟kafarū[they] disbelieved,فَكَيْفَfakayfaand howكَانَkānawasنَكِيرِnakīriMy disapproval / rejection / retribution! ﴿٢٦﴾

[35:27] Do you not realize that GOD sends down from the sky water, whereby we produce fruits of various colors? Even the mountains have different colors; the peaks are white, or red, or some other color. And the ravens are black.

أَلَمْalamDo notتَرَtarayou seeأَنَّannathatٱللَّهَl-lahaGodأَنزَلَanzala[He] sent downمِنَminafromٱلسَّمَآءِl-samāithe skyمَآءًmāanwater,فَأَخْرَجْنَاfa-akhrajnāthen we producedبِهِۦbihitherewithثَمَرَٰتٍthamarātinfruitsمُّخْتَلِفًاmukh'talifan(of) variousأَلْوَٰنُهَاalwānuhā[their] colors?وَمِنَwaminaAnd evenٱلْجِبَالِl-jibālithe mountainsجُدَدٌۢjudadunstratas / streaks / peaksبِيضٌbīḍunwhiteوَحُمْرٌwaḥum'runand redمُّخْتَلِفٌmukh'talifun(of) variousأَلْوَٰنُهَاalwānuhā[their] colors,وَغَرَابِيبُwagharābībuand ravensسُودٌsūdunblack. ﴿٢٧﴾

[35:28] Also, the people, the animals, and the livestock come in various colors. This is why the people who truly reverence GOD are those who are knowledgeable. GOD is Almighty, Forgiving.

وَمِنَwaminaAnd amongٱلنَّاسِl-nāsi[the] peopleوَٱلدَّوَآبِّwal-dawābiand the moving creatures / animalsوَٱلْأَنْعَـٰمِwal-anʿāmiand the cattle / livestockمُخْتَلِفٌmukh'talifun(are) variousأَلْوَٰنُهُۥalwānuhu[their] colorsكَذَٰلِكَkadhālikalikewise.إِنَّمَاinnamāOnlyيَخْشَىyakhshāhe reverencesٱللَّهَl-lahaGodمِنْminamongعِبَادِهِʿibādihiHis servantsٱلْعُلَمَـٰٓؤُا۟l-ʿulamāuthe knowledgeable.إِنَّinnaIndeed,ٱللَّهَl-lahaGod (is)عَزِيزٌʿazīzunAlmighty,غَفُورٌghafūrunForgiving. ﴿٢٨﴾

[35:29] Surely, those who recite the book of GOD, observe the Contact Prayers (Salat), and from our provisions to them they spend - secretly and publicly - are engaged in an investment that never loses.

إِنَّinnaIndeedٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose whoيَتْلُونَyatlūna[they] reciteكِتَـٰبَkitāba(the) bookٱللَّهِl-lahi(of) God,وَأَقَامُوا۟wa-aqāmūand they observedٱلصَّلَوٰةَl-ṣalatathe Contact Prayer (Salat)وَأَنفَقُوا۟wa-anfaqūand they spentمِمَّاmimmāfrom whatرَزَقْنَـٰهُمْrazaqnāhumwe provided them,سِرًّاsirransecretlyوَعَلَانِيَةًwaʿalāniyatanand publicly,يَرْجُونَyarjūnathey hope / expectتِجَـٰرَةًtijāratan(for) an investmentلَّنlanneverتَبُورَtabūrait perishes. ﴿٢٩﴾

[35:30] He will recompense them generously, and will multiply His blessings upon them. He is Forgiving, Appreciative.

لِيُوَفِّيَهُمْliyuwaffiyahumThat He may pay them in fullأُجُورَهُمْujūrahumtheir reward / recompenseوَيَزِيدَهُمwayazīdahumand He increase (for) themمِّنminfromفَضْلِهِۦٓfaḍlihiHis bounty / blessing.إِنَّهُۥinnahuIndeed, He (is)غَفُورٌghafūrunForgiving,شَكُورٌshakūrunAppreciative. ﴿٣٠﴾

[35:31] What we revealed to you in this scripture is the truth, consummating all previous scriptures. GOD is fully Cognizant of His servants, Seer.

وَٱلَّذِىٓwa-alladhīAnd that whichأَوْحَيْنَآawḥaynāwe revealedإِلَيْكَilaykato youمِنَminaofٱلْكِتَـٰبِl-kitābithe book / scripture,هُوَhuwait (is)ٱلْحَقُّl-ḥaquthe truthمُصَدِّقًاmuṣaddiqanconfirming / consummatingلِّمَاlimāthat whichبَيْنَbayna between / before*يَدَيْهِyadayhihis hands (*was before it).إِنَّinnaIndeed,ٱللَّهَl-lahaGodبِعِبَادِهِۦbiʿibādihiof His servantsلَخَبِيرٌۢlakhabīrunsurely Cognizant,بَصِيرٌbaṣīrunSeer. ﴿٣١﴾

[35:32] We passed the scripture from generation to generation, and we allowed whomever we chose from among our servants to receive it. Subsequently, some of them wronged their souls, others upheld it only part of the time, while others were eager to work righteousness in accordance with GOD's will; this is the greatest triumph.

ثُمَّthummaThenأَوْرَثْنَاawrathnāwe caused to inheritٱلْكِتَـٰبَl-kitābathe scriptureٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose whomٱصْطَفَيْنَاiṣ'ṭafaynāwe choseمِنْminofعِبَادِنَاʿibādināour servants;فَمِنْهُمْfamin'humand among themظَالِمٌẓālimun(is he who) wrongsلِّنَفْسِهِۦlinafsihi[for] himself / his soul,وَمِنْهُمwamin'humand among them (are)مُّقْتَصِدٌmuq'taṣidunone who is in the middle / moderate,وَمِنْهُمْwamin'humand among themسَابِقٌۢsābiqun(is he who is) foremost (eager)بِٱلْخَيْرَٰتِbil-khayrātiin [the] righteous worksبِإِذْنِbi-idh'niby permissionٱللَّهِl-lahi(of) God.ذَٰلِكَdhālikaThatهُوَhuwa[it] (is)ٱلْفَضْلُl-faḍluthe bounty (triumph)ٱلْكَبِيرُl-kabīruthe great. ﴿٣٢﴾

[35:33] They will enter the gardens of Eden, where they will be adorned with bracelets of gold and pearls, and their garments in it will be made of silk.

جَنَّـٰتُjannātuGardens (of)عَدْنٍʿadninEdenيَدْخُلُونَهَاyadkhulūnahāthey will enter them.يُحَلَّوْنَyuḥallawnaThey will be adornedفِيهَاfīhāthereinمِنْminwithأَسَاوِرَasāwirabraceletsمِنminofذَهَبٍdhahabingoldوَلُؤْلُؤًاwalu'lu-anand pearls,وَلِبَاسُهُمْwalibāsuhumand their garmentsفِيهَاfīhāthereinحَرِيرٌḥarīrun(will be of) silk. ﴿٣٣﴾

[35:34] They will say, "Praise GOD for removing all our worries. Our Lord is Forgiving, Appreciative.

وَقَالُوا۟waqālūAnd they said,ٱلْحَمْدُl-ḥamdu"All praise beلِلَّهِlillahito God,ٱلَّذِىٓalladhīthe One whoأَذْهَبَadhhabaHe removedعَنَّاʿannāfrom usٱلْحَزَنَl-ḥazanathe sorrow / worries.إِنَّinnaIndeed,رَبَّنَاrabbanāour Lord (is)لَغَفُورٌlaghafūrunsurely Forgiving,شَكُورٌshakūrunAppreciative. ﴿٣٤﴾

[35:35] "He has admitted us into the abode of eternal bliss, out of His grace. Never do we get bored herein, never do we get tired."

ٱلَّذِىٓalladhī"The One whoأَحَلَّنَاaḥallanāHe allowed usدَارَdāra(in) an abode (of)ٱلْمُقَامَةِl-muqāmati[the] eternity / eternalمِنminfromفَضْلِهِۦfaḍlihiHis bounty / bliss.لَاlāNotيَمَسُّنَاyamassunāit touches usفِيهَاfīhāthereinنَصَبٌnaṣabunany fatigue / boredomوَلَاwalāand notيَمَسُّنَاyamassunāit touches usفِيهَاfīhāthereinلُغُوبٌlughūbunfatigue / weariness." ﴿٣٥﴾

[35:36] As for those who disbelieve, they have incurred the fire of Hell, where they are never finished by death, nor is the retribution ever commuted for them. We thus requite the unappreciative.

وَٱلَّذِينَwa-alladhīnaAnd those whoكَفَرُوا۟kafarū[they] disbelieved,لَهُمْlahumfor themنَارُnāru(will be the) fire (of)جَهَنَّمَjahannamaHell.لَاlāNotيُقْضَىٰyuq'ḍāit is decreedعَلَيْهِمْʿalayhimfor themفَيَمُوتُوا۟fayamūtūthat they die,وَلَاwalāand notيُخَفَّفُyukhaffafuit will be lightened / commutedعَنْهُمʿanhumfor themمِّنْminofعَذَابِهَاʿadhābihāits punishment / torment.كَذَٰلِكَkadhālikaThusنَجْزِىnajzīwe requiteكُلَّkullaeveryكَفُورٍkafūrinunappreciative. ﴿٣٦﴾

[35:37] They will scream therein, "Our Lord, if you get us out of here, we will work righteousness, instead of the works we used to do." Did we not give you a life-long chance, with continuous reminders for those who would take heed? Did you not receive the warner? Therefore, taste (the consequences). The transgressors will have no one to help them.

وَهُمْwahumAnd theyيَصْطَرِخُونَyaṣṭarikhūna[they] will cry for helpفِيهَاfīhātherein,رَبَّنَآrabbanā"Our Lord!أَخْرِجْنَاakhrij'nāBring us out;نَعْمَلْnaʿmalwe will doصَـٰلِحًاṣāliḥanrighteous (deeds)غَيْرَghayraother thanٱلَّذِىalladhīthat whichكُنَّاkunnāwe used toنَعْمَلُnaʿmalu[we] do."أَوَلَمْawalamDid notنُعَمِّرْكُمnuʿammir'kumwe give you [all] a long lifeمَّاmāthatيَتَذَكَّرُyatadhakkaruhe takes heed / receives remindersفِيهِfīhiduring it / for heمَنmanwhoتَذَكَّرَtadhakkarahe took heed?وَجَآءَكُمُwajāakumuAlso [he] came to you [all]ٱلنَّذِيرُl-nadhīruthe warner.فَذُوقُوا۟fadhūqūSo taste (the consequences) [you all].فَمَاfamāThen not (is)لِلظَّـٰلِمِينَlilẓẓālimīnafor the wrongdoers / transgressorsمِنminanyنَّصِيرٍnaṣīrinhelper. ﴿٣٧﴾

[35:38] GOD is the Knower of the future of the heavens and the earth. He is the Knower of all innermost thoughts.

إِنَّinnaIndeed,ٱللَّهَl-lahaGod (is)عَـٰلِمُʿālimuKnower (of)غَيْبِghaybi(the) unseen / future (of)ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِl-samāwātithe heavensوَٱلْأَرْضِwal-arḍiand the earth.إِنَّهُۥinnahuIndeed, He (is)عَلِيمٌۢʿalīmunKnowerبِذَاتِbidhātiof (what) [it] possessedٱلصُّدُورِl-ṣudūrithe hearts / minds. ﴿٣٨﴾

[35:39] He is the One who made you inheritors of the earth. Subsequently, whoever chooses to disbelieve does so to his own detriment. The disbelief of the disbelievers only augments their Lord's abhorrence towards them. The disbelief of the disbelievers plunges them deeper into loss.

هُوَhuwaHe (is)ٱلَّذِىalladhīthe One whoجَعَلَكُمْjaʿalakumHe made you [all]خَلَـٰٓئِفَkhalāifaalternatives / successors / inheritorsفِىfīinٱلْأَرْضِl-arḍithe earth.فَمَنfamanAnd whoeverكَفَرَkafara[he] disbelieved,فَعَلَيْهِfaʿalayhithen upon him (is)كُفْرُهُۥkuf'ruhuhis disbelief.وَلَاwalāAnd notيَزِيدُyazīdu[it] increaseٱلْكَـٰفِرِينَl-kāfirīnathe disbelieversكُفْرُهُمْkuf'ruhumtheir disbeliefعِندَʿindain the presence ofرَبِّهِمْrabbihimtheir Lord,إِلَّاillāexceptمَقْتًاmaqtan(in) abhorrence ;وَلَاwalāand notيَزِيدُyazīdu[it] increaseٱلْكَـٰفِرِينَl-kāfirīnathe disbelieversكُفْرُهُمْkuf'ruhumtheir disbeliefإِلَّاillāexceptخَسَارًاkhasāran(in) loss. ﴿٣٩﴾

[35:40] Say, "Consider the idols you have set up beside GOD; show me what on earth have they created." Do they own any partnership in the heavens? Have we given them a book wherein there is no doubt? Indeed, what the transgressors promise one another is no more than an illusion.

قُلْqulSay,أَرَءَيْتُمْara-aytum"Have you [all] consideredشُرَكَآءَكُمُshurakāakumuyour partners / idolsٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose whomتَدْعُونَtadʿūnayou [all] call / set upمِنminfromدُونِdūnibesidesٱللَّهِl-lahiGod?أَرُونِىarūnīShow Me [you all]مَاذَاmādhāwhat then (is it)خَلَقُوا۟khalaqūthey createdمِنَminafromٱلْأَرْضِl-arḍithe earth?"أَمْamOr isلَهُمْlahumfor themشِرْكٌshir'kuna share / partnershipفِىfīinٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِl-samāwātithe heavens?أَمْamOr haveءَاتَيْنَـٰهُمْātaynāhumwe gave themكِتَـٰبًاkitābana bookفَهُمْfahumso they (are)عَلَىٰʿalāonبَيِّنَتٍbayyinatina clear proofمِّنْهُmin'hufrom it?بَلْbalNay,إِنinnotيَعِدُyaʿidu[he] promisesٱلظَّـٰلِمُونَl-ẓālimūnathe wrongdoers / transgressorsبَعْضُهُمbaʿḍuhumsome of them*بَعْضًاbaʿḍan(to) some others (*each other)إِلَّاillāexceptغُرُورًاghurūranillusion. ﴿٤٠﴾

[35:41] GOD is the One who holds the heavens and the earth, lest they vanish. If anyone else is to hold them, they will most certainly vanish. He is Clement, Forgiving.

إِنَّinnaIndeed,ٱللَّهَl-lahaGodيُمْسِكُyum'siku[He] holdsٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِl-samāwātithe heavensوَٱلْأَرْضَwal-arḍaand the earth,أَنanlestتَزُولَاtazūlāit both ceases to exist / vanishes.وَلَئِنwala-inAnd surely ifزَالَتَآzālatāit both ceased to exist / vanished,إِنْinnotأَمْسَكَهُمَاamsakahumā[he] can hold both themمِنْminanyأَحَدٍaḥadinoneمِّنۢminfromبَعْدِهِۦٓbaʿdihiafter Him.إِنَّهُۥinnahuIndeed, HeكَانَkānaisحَلِيمًاḥalīmanClement,غَفُورًاghafūranForgiving. ﴿٤١﴾

[35:42] They swore by GOD solemnly that if a warner went to them, they would be better guided than a certain congregation! However, now that the warner did come to them, this only plunged them deeper into aversion.

وَأَقْسَمُوا۟wa-aqsamūAnd they sworeبِٱللَّهِbil-lahiby Godجَهْدَjahdasolemnlyأَيْمَـٰنِهِمْaymānihim(of) their oathsلَئِنla-in(that) surely ifجَآءَهُمْjāahum[he] came to themنَذِيرٌnadhīruna warner,لَّيَكُونُنَّlayakūnunnasurely they will beأَهْدَىٰahdābetter guidedمِنْminthanإِحْدَىiḥ'dāone (of)ٱلْأُمَمِl-umamithe nations / congregations.فَلَمَّاfalammāBut whenجَآءَهُمْjāahum[he] came to themنَذِيرٌnadhīruna warner,مَّاmānotزَادَهُمْzādahumit increased themإِلَّاillāexceptنُفُورًاnufūran(in) aversion, ﴿٤٢﴾

[35:43] They resorted to arrogance on earth, and evil scheming, and the evil schemes only backfire on those who scheme them. Should they then expect anything but the fate of those who did the same things in the past? You will find that GOD's system is never changeable; you will find that GOD's system is immutable.

ٱسْتِكْبَارًاis'tik'bāran(Due to) arroganceفِىfīinٱلْأَرْضِl-arḍithe earthوَمَكْرَwamakraand scheming (of)ٱلسَّيِّئِl-sayi-ithe evil;وَلَاwalābut notيَحِيقُyaḥīquit recoils / overwhelmsٱلْمَكْرُl-makruthe scheme (of)ٱلسَّيِّئُl-sayi-uthe evilإِلَّاillāexceptبِأَهْلِهِۦbi-ahlihi[of] its (own) people.فَهَلْfahalThen areيَنظُرُونَyanẓurūnathey waitingإِلَّاillāexcept (for)سُنَّتَsunnata(the) example / precedent ofٱلْأَوَّلِينَl-awalīnathe past [ones]?فَلَنfalanBut neverتَجِدَtajidayou will findلِسُنَّتِlisunnatiin (the) sunnah / system ٱللَّهِl-lahi(of) Godتَبْدِيلًاtabdīlanany change,وَلَنwalanand neverتَجِدَtajidayou will findلِسُنَّتِlisunnatiin (the) sunnah / systemٱللَّهِl-lahi(of) Godتَحْوِيلًاtaḥwīlanalterations / changes. ﴿٤٣﴾

[35:44] Have they not roamed the earth and noted the consequences for those who preceded them? They were even stronger than they. Nothing can be hidden from GOD in the heavens, nor on earth. He is Omniscient, Omnipotent.

أَوَلَمْawalamHave did notيَسِيرُوا۟yasīrūthey travel / roamفِىfīinٱلْأَرْضِl-arḍithe earthفَيَنظُرُوا۟fayanẓurūand they seeكَيْفَkayfahowكَانَkānawasعَـٰقِبَةُʿāqibatu(the) end / consequence / ultimate outcome (for)ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose whoمِنminfromقَبْلِهِمْqablihimbefore them?وَكَانُوٓا۟wakānūAnd they wereأَشَدَّashaddastrongerمِنْهُمْmin'humthan themقُوَّةًquwwatan(in) power.وَمَاwamāBut notكَانَkānaisٱللَّهُl-lahuGodلِيُعْجِزَهُۥliyuʿ'jizahuthat [it] may escape (from) Himمِنminanyشَىْءٍshayinthingفِىfīinٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِl-samāwātithe heavensوَلَاwalāand notفِىfīinٱلْأَرْضِl-arḍithe earth.إِنَّهُۥinnahuIndeed, HeكَانَkānaisعَلِيمًاʿalīmanOmniscient,قَدِيرًاqadīranOmnipotent. ﴿٤٤﴾

[35:45] If GOD punished the people for their sins, He would not leave a single creature on earth. But He respites them for a predetermined interim. Once their interim is fulfilled, then GOD is Seer of His servants.

وَلَوْwalawAnd ifيُؤَاخِذُyuākhidhu[He] holds to accountٱللَّهُl-lahuGodٱلنَّاسَl-nāsathe peopleبِمَاbimāfor whatكَسَبُوا۟kasabūthey (have) earned,مَاmānotتَرَكَtarakaHe (would have) leftعَلَىٰʿalāonظَهْرِهَاẓahrihāits back / surfaceمِنminanyدَآبَّةٍdābbatincreature.وَلَـٰكِنwalākinButيُؤَخِّرُهُمْyu-akhiruhumHe respites themإِلَىٰٓilātillأَجَلٍajalinan appointed term / period / interimمُّسَمًّىmusammanpredetermined.فَإِذَاfa-idhāAnd when [in the future]جَآءَjāa[it] cameأَجَلُهُمْajaluhumtheir term / interim,فَإِنَّfa-innathen indeed,ٱللَّهَl-lahaGodكَانَkānaisبِعِبَادِهِۦbiʿibādihiof His servantsبَصِيرًۢاbaṣīranSeer. ﴿٤٥﴾

Sura 35: Fãter (Initiator) فاطر

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